BCom (Law) is a three-year full-time programme. The objective of BCom (Law) is to provide students with sound academic and practical training at undergraduate level in the field of economic and management sciences as well as in law. The focus of the programme is on the core subjects of the economic and management sciences (in accordance with the student’s own choice) during the second and third years of study as well as on a number of key subjects of the LLB that are compulsory. The ultimate aim of the student should be to achieve the LLB after completion of the BCom (Law). BCom (Law) enables a student to acquire an LLB within two years of the completion of BCom (Law) instead of within four years.
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Career Opportunities
First step towards becoming attorneys, legal advisors, advocates, prosecutors, presiding officers (magistrate or judge) and law academics
Programme Code
07130152
Closing Dates
- SA – 13/08/2019
- Non-SA – 13/08/2019
Admission Requirements
- The following persons will be considered for admission: candidates who are in possession of a certificate that is deemed by the University to be equivalent to the required Grade 12 certificate with university endorsement; candidates who are graduates from another tertiary institution or have been granted the status of a graduate of such an institution; and candidates who are graduates of another faculty at the University of Pretoria.
- Life Orientation is excluded when calculating the APS.
Minimum requirements |
Achievement level |
English Home Language or English First Additional Language | Mathematics | APS |
NSC/IEB | AS Level | NSC/IEB | AS Level |
5 | C | 5 | C | 32 |
* Cambridge A level candidates who obtained at least a D in the required subjects, will be considered for admission. International Baccalaureate (IB) HL candidates who obtained at least a 4 in the required subjects, will be considered for admission.
Duration of study
3 years, full-time.
Faculty Notes
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences aspires to be at the cutting edge of economic, financial and management education, as well as research and community engagement within the national, African and global context. Our mission is to advance relevant knowledge and develop employable, innovative and diverse graduates to co-create value for society.
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